Biology:Aracanthus

Short description: Genus of beetles

Aracanthus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Eudiagogini
Genus:	Aracanthus Say, 1831

Aracanthus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about nine described species in Aracanthus.Rajnish Krishnavanshi

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Aracanthus:

• Aracanthus assimilis Voss, 1934 ^{i c g}
• Aracanthus mourei Rosado-Neto, 1981 ^{c g}
• Aracanthus notatus Voss, 1934 ^{c g}
• Aracanthus ovalis Voss, 1934 ^{c g}
• Aracanthus pallidus (Say, 1831) ^{i c g b}
• Aracanthus paraguayanus Voss, 1943 ^{c g}
• Aracanthus robustus Voss, 1934 ^{c g}
• Aracanthus signatus Voss, 1934 ^{c g}
• Aracanthus tabaci Voss, 1934 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Bright, Donald E.; Bouchard, Patrice (2008). Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 25: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae: Weevils of Canada and Alaska, Volume 2. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-0660194004. 
• O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. http://academic.uprm.edu/~franz/WeevilCourseResources/OBrienWibmer1982-WeevilsNCAWI.pdf. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1. 
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4. 

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